Black Water Bayou - Tanya Tucker

Growin' up on the bayou can drive you outta your mind

Marie was a youngin' when she left the Black Water behind

It all happened one night

In the back of Jimmy’s car

Jimmy said 'Marie, your so pretty, well you oughta be a movie star.'

So she packed up her backwood streams

Stole her mama’s Mabeline

And took the train to New Orleans

And swore she was never gonna go

Back to the Black Water Bayou

Mama said, 'Child, don’t go back on your raisin

'There ain’t no place in the city for a pretty little backstreet cagian'

'The long hard nights, will leave you cold.'

'And there’s a devil 'round every corner tryin' to buy your soul.'

And with no where to go, and nothin' to eat

She got a job dancin' down on Urban Street

But the shoes she’s wearin' on her feet

Don’t dance like they danced with Jimmy Lavoe

Back on the Black Water Bayou

In the heat of the night

It was the very last show

She walked onto the stage with her heart and her head hung low

She started to cry (cry)

As the curtain rolled

She found herself lookin' in the Black Water eyes of Jimmy Lavoe

Well he picked up her shattered dreams

On that stage in New Orleans

Said, 'Marie, don’t you think it’s time to go'

'Back to the Black Water Bayou?'